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Happy Thanksgiving, And Eighth Anniversary Of KGOU's Studios

The view through the windows into KGOU's master control, main production room, and performance studio.
Brian Hardzinski
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The view through the windows into KGOU's master control, main production room, and performance studio.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving and express our gratitude, I'm thankful to celebrate KGOU's eighth anniversary in the studios at Copeland Hall. We made our first broadcast from here in the early hours of Friday, November 17, 2006.

It was a tremendous move -- from 1,500 square feet and two studios to 4,000 square feet, six studios and a usable performance space. The new facility enabled the KGOU staff to produce more local programs, to be more efficient, and to include more students in our operations.

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Kurt Gwartney, KGOU's former news director in master control.

The project cost about $850,000 and thanks to the University of Oklahoma and OU Outreach, we are paying back that obligation over ten years. We have just two more payments, thanks to the capital grants from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, the Kerr Foundation, the Zarrow Foundation and many gifts from individual listeners.

Thanks! And Happy Thanksgiving to all!

From the manager's desk, I'm Karen Holp.

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KGOU is a community-supported news organization and relies on contributions from readers and listeners to fulfill its mission of public service to Oklahoma and beyond. Donate online, or by contacting our Membership department.

Karen earned her Master (1974) and Bachelor (1972) degrees from the University of Akron in Ohio, and has worked as Program Director at WMRA-FM, James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia and WUIS-FM, University of Illinois at Springfield. She moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1979 to become General Manager of KRWG-FM.
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